Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 25 and 26 August.^[1]^[2]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Benita Fitzgerald United States	Kim Turner United States	Elida Aveillé Cuba

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 1: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sue Kameli	Canada	13.11	Q
2	1	Elida Aveillé	Cuba	13.17	Q
3	2	Kim Turner	United States	13.18	Q
4	1	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.21	Q
5	2	Grisel Machado	Cuba	13.22	Q
6	2	Karen Nelson	Canada	13.30	Q
7	2	Juraciara da Silva	Brazil	13.70	Q^[4]
8	1	Beatriz Capotosto	Argentina	13.77	q^[5]
9	2	Marie Regis	Venezuela	14.47

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.16
	Kim Turner	United States	13.39
	Elida Aveillé	Cuba	13.41
4	Grisel Machado	Cuba	13.41
5	Sue Kameli	Canada	13.45
6	Karen Nelson	Canada	13.67
7	Beatriz Capotosto	Argentina	13.74
8	Juraciara da Silva	Brazil	14.05

^ Results
^ Full results
^ "Heats results". The Tampa Tribune. 26 August 1983. p. 80. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "Geremias é mais completa" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 26 August 1983. p. 21. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ Argentine results